Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/19

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: New Studio Portrait two
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 07:49:16 +0530
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Geoff,
Very nice. I prefer this one
Cheers
Jayanand


On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Merci beaucoup Jean-Michel. It sounds like you do understand portraiture
> very well!
> This colourful one was shot in hard light (a single gridded reflector). We
> were using it for some edgier grunge fashion looks and I grabbed that
> portrait one too.
> This other one is with 'clamshell' lighting with a beauty dish and fill.
> This is lovely wrap around flattering light and has been popular in studios
> for some time of course.
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/155286560
>
> I am really finding each time more and more that the M and the M9 too work
> very well for fashion/portraiture in a studio.
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
> On 20 April 2014 03:06, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> wrote:
>
> > Hi Geoff, portrait-making is indeed a tricky art, you've got to watch
> > altogether what posture and attitude and eyes and neck reveal about the
> > model - and maybe yourself - plus be wary of the lighting and shadow
> > effects and choose the right speed and the right aperture, etc. ... Your
> > portraits are technically very well done, I don't know much about
> > portraits, this is a very candid opinion. But beyond the technique,
> there's
> > the way you focus on your models 'eyes, these people look so good and so
> > comfortable! This tells the story about how you master the relationship
> > with the person you want to make a portrait of and thus get the best they
> > can give you.
> > JM
> >
> >
> > Jean-Michel Mertz
> > Strasbourg
> >
> >
> > > From: hopsternew at gmail.com
> > > Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 21:52:37 +1000
> > > To: lug at leica-users.org
> > > Subject: [Leica] IMG: New Studio Portrait two
> > >
> > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/155286870
> > > M (Typ 240) Elmarit M 90 f/2.8
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Geoff
> > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> > >
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In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG: New Studio Portrait two)
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Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG: New Studio Portrait two)